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  • From: "kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] different Daniel 7:13 translation
  • Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:17:10 +0000

I don't understand why Daniel 7:13 is translated "I saw in visions of a night, and behold, with clouds of heaven one like a son of man is coming..." It does not seem to say "one", but really "...and behold, with clouds of heaven like a son of man, he is coming..." The quote does not say who "he" is.

I think it might say "I saw in visions of a night, and behold, a people of clouds of heaven. Like a son of man, it (the people) is coming..." If the 4 kingdoms were beasts in his vision, maybe the saints who were given the kingdom were seen as a people made from clouds of heaven (the sky).

This at least would explain why the angel said to Daniel that the saints would get the kingdom in Daniel 7:18. The other translation of Daniel 7:13 does not mention the saints being in the vision at all. Also, this would fit Daniel 7:27 which mentions the people of the saints getting the kingdom. It also says everyone will serve him (the people).

The Septuagint does not say "people" in Daniel 7:27, but it does say the saints will get the kingdom, and it does not mention anyone else.

If Daniel saw a people made out of clouds, maybe this makes sense, but I am not sure if this is how he would have said it.

Sincerely,
Kenneth Greifer

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  • [b-hebrew] different Daniel 7:13 translation, kenneth greifer, 10/16/2006

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